• dukk@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Speed is a serious problem in Python though. Python has its use cases, and so do other languages. Things would not end well if we started using Python for everything.

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      1 year ago

      This might be an unpopular opinion but python’s speed wouldn’t even be an issue if it was 5x slower than it is now.

      Python is a language designed for write-time performance, not runtime performance.

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      1 year ago

      I have worked on a lot of real time simulation with python glue. It is… not fun. I’m a better programmer for it though.

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        1 year ago

        Definitely not even close to being one of the fastest languages, but still faster nonetheless.

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      If I wanted to write a 3D game engine, I wouldn’t use Python either. But there’s zero chance of me ever doing that. For 90% of things 90% of people do, Python works just fine. And the performance thing is actively being worked on and getting better all the time.